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CHRISTMAS CHIMES FOR 1870.

Ring ont joyously, Christmas Bells
Sweet 10 the story your music tells!
This Is the day Of the Savior's birth
Glory to God and peace On earth"
The chimes re-echo again and again.
IT'S the same story the Angels told
To the shepherds tending their focke of old,
Whom the wise men followed from afar
The light Of that radiant guiding star,
TIN they came whore tho infant Savior lay,
His cradle . manger, His bed of hay,
And there in the morning gray and dim
They fell at His feet and worshipped Him,
While Heaven and earth were echoing still.
The glorious anthem, Peace, Good will"
1t was years and years and years ago
Yet thro' them all doth the music dow,
Aud falls on our waiting souls to-day
Like seal Of love, or . glimme1ng ray
From the in6ate Joy Of the unseen shore,
Stand waiting till Death shall bring US release
And we join them there In the realms Of peace.
GLORY to God chime the bells again,
And on earth, peace" sounds the sweet re-
peace, peace on earth. Good will, Good will"
Our hearts repeat, With An exquisite thrill,
SO sweet, 90 pure, IL 10 almost pain,
And the air vibrates with joyous strain
Til earth aud Heaven are thrilling again
With tidiugs of " Peace, good will to men,"
Peal forth acknowledgements BELLs!~
Won0rOue the BtoTy your pcAunR tclI6I
This is the day the Savior arose
Triumphing over the last of foes.
His love had yearned DER ruined man
And for his ransom formed plan,
And, Author Of Heaven, earth and skies,
He yelled his glory In human guise,
And In that nature upon Him laid,
The sins Of the universe were arrayed,
But He met and conquered every foe
Man ever knew or e'er can know.
Temp ed In all points, even - we,
Yet without sin, He has made us free
Who we're slaves to sin, and cleared the way
Through earth and death to endless day
And the last foe He conquered was Death
"'Tis finished" He cried. and gave his breath
Then thro' the valley we all must tread
Ere we rise with Him the way He led,
But Death and the Grave could not coufne
The "Well-Beloved." Supreme" Divine,"-
Dun RrssH Lord. and through His Name
He bids ~ come, repent and live.
Pardon and peace and Heaven receive.
Well may the nations Join their voice,
And earth With ill her tribes rejoice,
The praises Of our Savior King,
While the glad bells repeat the strain
"The Lord ID risen, He lives again"
Christmas and sabbath this day meet
And join their tidings to repeat
Sweet bolls proclaim Sayior's birth.
And answeging chimes relate TO earth
How he who died and rose again
Lives, and forever more shall reign.
And whils the rsnsomed choirs above
Are chanting Of Rsdeeming Love.
Our grateful hearts shall join the song
And myriad bells the notes prolong,
Till eatthb remotess corners hear,
And Heayen's vast courts, resounding clear,
Shall echo back " rrsises TO His uamc,"
Glory TO God on High " proclaim,
= And On earth. Peach, Good win to meu,"
" QUE LOAD ID RISEN, m LIVES AGAIN." II
-Cstssos HVtsev.
Chrlstmas waa on Sunday In 1870. q in 1887.
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AOO8B Ano8Mlm4WO
Uonsiasring TIA. 20 machsAaa besa usitsen
upon the subject, snd that 70 many expsGinsois
have paActiesily dsdsonssAsed II advantagcs. Il
ID really Surprising thai the plan q int1nsive
farming IL not tho rule md ID otter NO the
excspsion. We are il the South q pa|eae, q
bread acre ideas aud arc 20 BY Inheritance. but
these ideas should have ceased when the abundant
slave labor ceased when we had it, large planta-
tons meant large crops, and the plantations wefe
CONSTANTLY getting larger and it ives the only
condition under which they c,uld probably get
larger with the then method Of culture; when
the supply of labor was diminished the necessary
consequence was the diminution of the area Of
land cultivated, aud this was 50 small - 10 be
Improbable under the same methods of cult :
walton that made larger area return sufficient
income; consequently the majority Of planters
became poorer and poorer, the property ofmany
passed from their hands, and they and their soma
sought other occupations But who can doubt
that IN most instances they might have 10
nsiued in their old homes in comfort aAd indie
pendence, and gradually and surely repaired
their fortunes, if they had adopted the methods
of agriculture which enable the support and
prosperity of dense populations in many csun.
tries, and ia some Of the older States less fl =
vored in soil and climate than these Of the
South! We are learning now, but it is surpris-
ing We do not learn faster, that An amount
OF labor scattered over hundreds Of acres
under the old system will produce more
profitable results if concentrated upon the
tillage and fertilizing OF scores Of acres. The
farmers kitchen garden is constantly teaching
him the lesson that applies to his field, for
if thorough culture and fertilizing pays in one
it will in the other and though the whole Geld
may not be tended as closely as the garden,
the better attention it receives the better the
returns. 1t has been repeatedly demonstrated
that the same working force of men and animals
and the same amount of fertilizer will produce
a larger crop on a given area than the crop OF a
much larger area, necessarily imperfeclly titled
and insuf1cently fer,ilized. And under the
intensive system OF farming the land 10 con
stantly improved, while under the extensive
system it is constantly being worn out" All
over the country are found what are called
worn out fields" and they are 20 because they
have been drained of their plant food and little
or none supplied-have been starved to barren
| ness in q score of years or less In the oldel
countries the lands have been cropped for I
thousand years, and if they had been starved thu
people would have starved also but their mil
lions of acres are as gardens, and they are NOR
productive now than ever, for science has come
to aid the farmers labor with its analyses o
plants and soils and its preparations of fertilizers
| The lands of Middle Florida, and of many part
| of the State, would support in plenty ten time
| their present population if farmed as in SOM
countries far more densely inhabited.
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The Chinese Students.

Remember the entertainment To- morrow night,
and remember that the commission allowed on
tickets sold is increased in proportion to the
amount received before the doors are opened.
The students are from the Mission Schools of
Oregon, and their entertainments have the full
endorsement of press and pulpit, and the follow.
ing are specimens Of many notices
OPELIKA, Ala, Dec. l3, 1887
The ladies OF the Episcopal Church take pleas
ure in expressing their entire satisfaction of the
entertainment given by the Chinese Students at
this place last night. 1t attracted large crowd,
and We found both manager and students polite
and gentlemanly. JULIA B. CowAN.
fully concur with the recommendation of the
ladies, and am truly glad to state that the per
Torrance was something novel and new to the
Opelika people. 1t not only came up TO expecta-
tons, but by far exceeded what they advertised.
Respectfully, JOHN t. RENFRoE,
Manager Renfroe Opera House
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Dec. Is. 1887

1OSOnD0Oc&, zKfd-i z.
The committee of ladies of the W. G. T. q.
were highly pleased with the entertainment given
under their auspices by The Chinese Students
Their novelties were beautiful, and something en-
tirely new 10 us ALL
Their manager was most gen'lemanly and cor
rect IN all our transactions with him, and we wish
them success in their undertaking.
MRS. NJ A. SEARCY,
President w. G. T. u
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FOR SALE!

1000 LeConte Pear Trees, from 8 10 yeA''
old JAMES B. GAMBLE
Dec. 30 1871
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For sale. 60 Rens. or Civ. .
shares, N
The Charles Demilly Plantation. co..;-.
100 acres good land. partly sencsa 4
abundant crops. Will furnish Lumbar !. 'ss
Newpor, Saw-mill Tor fencing. build;o.'
GEO. E wuln
Or GEO GREESHow, T.n.I'
December 90, 1887 Slim
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For Rent.

The commodious and we'll appointed store, Oh
the east side of Monroe street, formerly occupied
by E. A Crawford & Co. For terms apply Il
the drug store of NJ Lively
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IS for az.

The FLoRIDIAN is the only paper in the Sis's
that is Offering it's subscribers s. worth Of box
aud newspaper Tor only g. Subscribe now.
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Day Books, Cash Books, Journals. Leose'.
at E. w. Clark's, large or small. suitable tut ~
business. Ge, sci for '6S. and kno" 81 ~
end of the year what you are doing.
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New Yenr,h Present.

Those who did not give an Xnis presens~
the right one. should go TO E. w. Clarks ~.
get New Years Present He has spleao"
line Of goods To select from.
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MERIDIAN, Miss. Dec. 5. 1887.

This certlfies that the ladies Of The First Pres
byterian Church of Meridian, Miss, were well
pleased and more than satisfied with the enter
tainment given them by the Chinese Students,
and with the business relations the manager has
had with them
The ladies take great pleasure In commencing
both the entertainment and management to the
consideration of ALL and wish them much success
wherever they 60.
ELLEN n. MCLEAN,
Secretary Aid Society
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Bishop Weed and family came here from
Augusta, Ga, their former home, Saturday, and
will in future reside here in Jacksonville
Aesropolis
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Has emily two more days to run Newuh,-a
ers, to obtain the premium, must remi, b.so,.,..
first of January.
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Capaivates Everybody.

Mrs Cleveland has been the Lady OF the
White HOUSE" for year and half. She cap
tivated everybody who saw her at her wedding
reception, when, with the President by her
side, che stood on the spot 10 the Blue Room
where they were married, to receive from diplo-
mats and officers of the army aud navy and
civil service and from many friends wishes for
her future happiness Her youth, beauty. grace.
animation and unaffected cordially were IRE.
sistible. These attractions have stood well the
test of time Their possession has won steadily
upon the affection of the country. Every visitor
to Washington acknowledges II, and Il 10 the
most grevous disappointment TO any visitor to
be obliged 10 60 away without having at least
caught ! glimpse Of her. For their pleasure
and satisfaction there 10 not one who would not
be glad to exchange the chance OF seeing all the
other sights of the capital Epoch.
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Ladies can join club for Peterson's LAde
Magazine for 1888, at the FLoRIDIAS 0nc
Terms, 81 so. Please send in your subscnP
,ion At once sou
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BUIST,S SIZED POTATOES,
RASDoIPH Cos


Residence of G. A. Chaires. Amply 10
3-tf D. S. WALKER, il
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~ Delicate diseases Of either SEX
radically cured. Send 10 osots 10 stamps fcs
beck. Addrs.s Woelfs Dlspanag Medical
Associations, Buffalo, h. z. -
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Several hundred Keiier and LeConte Pe-'
trees, 8 years old. good stock, will DC sou -.
If mrs. v. -
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Rl0W &aar

And everything needed on The farm, for sale "
$751; SAXON & Co.
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Mr.. Manning had been q member of st. Paul's
Church for six years, and has been an attendant ct
church for upwards of thirty years. He was
most faithful and good, constant Christian" Rec.
tor Reese said this morning to Reporter, and
even during the excitement of the Presidential
campaign, In which he took such deep interest In
securing the election Of Mr.. Cleveland, he never
missed Sunday morning service"
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All sizes, for sale by
372t SAXON & Co
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-10-08
Popular Superstitions.

Rev. DR.. w. L. s. Murray last Thursday
night delivered, at the Union NJ. E. Church,
a most entertaining lecture on Popular
Superstitions.
He referred to many of the household su-
perstitious Of the present day and showed
their nonsensical status. The reverend gen
tleman denounced faith cure," tpSe Sc, as
an evolution of disordered mind and re-
garded it as the most baneful in its tenden-
cies of all modern superstitions. DIR. MUIR
ray maintained the virtue of prayer in all
human agencies yet he argued that in order
that prayer be made available that it must
be supplemented by individual and collective
nstrumentalities.
The lecture was we'll received throughout
and should have been greeted with a full
house.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-10-08
College Lads Addressed.

What Professor Henry Drummond sale
to the Yale students at New Haven on Sun
| day last is we'll worth pondering. The pro
fessor, who belongs to the faculty of Edin.
burgh University and with number of fel.
low college men is investigating the relig-
\ ious system OF the American colleges ad-
/ dressed large number of Yale men a.
Dwight Hall.
The New York Herald gives the following
excerpt from his address,
'We are scientists and deal with facts,
and it is because our religion is founded on
facts that we have como to you to-day.
would say to those who have not seen fit to
join our movement that the outsiders are in
many instances, the brightest, the wi tiest
men in our colleges. They refuse to iden-
tify themselves with us because they see all
the little weaknesses of Christianity. sup
pose you sit on the fence good deal here at
Yale; but there is no fence in religion. You
are looking 90 at the fight between religion
and tho world. A young man should be re-
igious as young man, not as an old
woman. We allow no interference with
amusement, aud consequently have drawn
many foot ball and cricket players within
our ranks. A dozen or more of our men
have formed society, and have to go into
the slums of Edinburgh and work among
the poor and wretched. Their room is dec
grated with the trophies they won in ath-
etics, and they are the manly and strong
men of the university.
''We do not interfere with speculation.
We hold that there are twelve entrances to
the kingdom of God. Kingsley goes in at one
gate, Sam Jones at another. There is a
great deal of religion in this, country, but
not much Christianity. The object of our
being here is that we may become like
Christ, and that is the object of college
university"
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-10-08
What About Our Casino.
please copy.

We hear from New York that the famous
Harry Hill Concert Hall at the corner of
Houston and Crosby streets, which has ex-
listed for 80 years, a nest of infamy has at
length been closed for good.
The excise commissioner refused to renew
the license to Harry Hill to sell liquor and
the mayor refused to renew his theatrical
permit. Hill was arrested twice recently
for selling liquor without license and on
each occasion fined $3.50 The last time the
judge told him that if he was ever brought
before him again he would add term of
Imprisonment to tne fine. That broke
Harry up, and he concluded that there was
no use fighting the police any longer.
This place was famous old fortress Of
vice. The most invidious trap to the youth
of the metropolis where all grades of vicious
ness were introduced in semi-genteel,
therefore more insidious manner.
1t is claimed for Carroll's casino on Front
| street that nothing wrong, nothing that the
law can take hold of was perpetrated there.
But aince Billy Carroll's death the owners
and proprietors have been in the municipal
court where most revolving tale of bru-
tality, inhuman brutality was revealed.
We hope that all good citizens will make
special effort to oppose the extension of a
license to the place. 1t is conceded that
what is done there nowadays not quite SO
condemnable as under the regime of the de
funct Billy Carroll. But still the locality is
a Mecca Of wckedness and it is the spot
where toughs aud hoodlums are openly tol-
Grated. There should be no such home for
vice within our city limits.
The good name Of the city should be above
all other considerations. It's license as a
place of public resort should be taken away
Immediately. No man Of any decent aspra-
tions would, of his own choice, enter its
doorways. And it is never supposed that
respectable people of the other sex are seen
within its portals at any Time.
We appeal to his honor, the Chief Justice
of the State If Delaware, in the name o
social purity, and to his honor, the chieI
magistrate of Wilmington, in the name Of
all that is proper towards the good name o.
the community that when the proprietors o.
the casino apply for renewal OF their Ii
censes in the one ease to sell liquors and il
the other for keeping place of public resor
that both requests be denied.
! Harry Hill was fined $3.50 for selling liquo
Q without a license, and was told if caugh
again be would be imprisoned, We thinl
e we remember when Carroll was last sum
moned before the city court for infractio
Il of the license law, he was let off simply b
paying a regular lieenst. -..
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-10-08
A Blot on Cleveland's Record.

l
The Samoan question appears to the or
dinary citizen as one with which Sec ,retac
Bayard should not have much Difficult ~.
Undoubtedly what has transpired in th:
last few days is development of the new
Bismarck colonial theory which is to aunes;
first and then enter into diplomacy after
wards.
| The Germans have placed their feet on the
Sandwich Islands and they will not recede
until at least they have received some COM
pensation. They will demand territorial
compensation of course.
| Our State department. has got the country
into trouble by not taking the initiative and
stationng one or two American ships at the
important Pacific Station of the Sandwich
Islands. Their simple presencs there would
| alone have kept the German marines from
stepping upon Malietoas territory.
Secretary Bayard has known for the last
twelve months that Germany was casting
hungry look towards the Pacific Islands.
That fact was openly avowed. Her repse,t
commercial policy has been altogether in
that direction. She is on a message of
"begging, borrowing or stealing" in ssder
to build up German commerce. This is il
lustrated within the last few years on the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts of both CONT
nents and in the Indian and Southern ocean.
Surely Secretary Bayard has seen and
watched this policy, If so how is it that he
was taken by surprise when Bismarck q bay
onets were landed in Samoa?
If he claims to excuse himself that he
never suspected such barefsced action from
friendly power he will be deservedly con-
demned by the dplomatists of every other
nation in the world for his almost childish
confidence. What does Germany care for
our doctrine of America for the Americans |
She has no outlying colonies as in the case
of England, which might be attacked by
our warships or any great excess of ccmmer-
cal marine liable to be captured by our
cruisers.
Her navy is vastly,superioc % ours at any
point either on our coasts or at foreign sta
tions in the Mediterranean, in the North
Atlantic or ia the Pacific ocean.
The grave mistake Secretary Bayard has
made is in his entire unpreparedness for the
German coup. The Germans cannot be got
out Of Samoa without some unpleasant iu-
ternational exchanges, which might posi-.
bly, end in an utimatum.
We are sure Mr.. Bayard recognizes the 4
fact that the Germans must he expelled. 4
This country will not tolerate their domes-
tcation there The point is an important
one midway in the line of trade, between
this country and Australia.
The Germans have no right whatever at
Samoa. And if their settlement is passed
over without most vigorous demands from
the State department followed up by the
withdrawal of the Germans, the Cleveland
administration will have upon its record the
blackest blot that this half century of
American history can show.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-10-08
Bfai FIaUtburS.

He immegetly fell in love with Ardelia.
And he got feller who wuz a boardin' to
his boardin' place to interduce him to Ar
delia's relative, Mr.. Pixley, and Mr.. Pixley
introduced him to Ardelia. He told Ar
delias relatives the same story-Tnat his
father wuz banker, that he owned bank
and wuz doin' a heavy business.
Wall, | watched that young chap, and
watched him close, and | see there wuz one
thing about him that could be depended on
he was truthful.
He seemed almost morbid on the subject,
and would dispute Aimself half a hour, to
get thing or a story hGf was tellinf exactly
right. But he drinkod that l know foC l
know the symptoms. Coffee can't blind the
eyes Of her that wnz once Smith. nor pep
permint cast mist before 'em. My nose
could have its oath, if noses wuz ever put
onto bar Of Justice-my nose would have
gin its firm testimony that Bial Flamburg
drinked.
And there wuz that sort of air about
him, that can't descrite exactly-a sort of
a half of1isb, half familer and wholly disa-
greeable mean, that can be understood but
net described. No, you can't picture that
iniment, but you can be affected by it..
Wall, Bal had it.-From Samantha at
Saratoga" by Josiah Aliens Wife.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-10-08
Red asd Golden Tints.
Q C0atesvAle Times tay. :

The Coatesvale Times tay.:
On Thursday, October 135h, the Whining
ten n Ncsthern kailroaa Company will run
sheiT annual excursion to Mauch Chunk ana
over the famous Sstchback Ralln adj
That country shas been justly named ''tht
Switzerland Of America" and its rare
beauty in the autumn, w hen dying nature
decks herself in her choicest robes, cannot
be described, and the tourist stands awe
stricken wiCh the wealth Of beauty that sur
rounds him. The ,ffiaials Of the Whining.
ton & Northern Railroad Company have
chosen most opportnney this time of ii e
year TO run their excursion. Tt9 fare wall
be placed at very low figure, and ali wi 0
would enjoy seeing some Of the prettitst
scenery on the American Continent should
not fail to 60 +
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-10-08
Leadville.

There NAV be more depraved localities
than Leadyille but if so they should be
blotted, sans cerem0nie, from the face OF tue
earth.
Leadyille is chiefly noted for its bleareyed
men and sore-eyed and bald-headed women.
Drinking rum and gambling were
the leading occupations of the men
and the females moribund to all sense oil
modesty Piled unclean their avocation on all
the main thoroughfares of the city, IN the
most brazen and fearless manner
The Mayor of Leadville piloted some OF
the journalistic pilgrims through the dens
of vice and their experiences were simply
unfi: for publications; suffice it to be SAID,
that snch debauchery and moral turpitude
as exist in Leadvile are incredible.
The proprietor of the Hutchinson House
informed the writer that if person should
perchance get away from the main street
after dark that he would either robbed or
murdered or most probably would be first
robbed and then murdered.
The morning after our arrival we noticed
blood shattered on the sidewalk in front OF
saloons.
Leadville has dwinded from population
of thirty thousand to very few thousand,
and it would evidently be depopulated
within the coming twenty-four hours were
not those remaining SO afflicted with moral
strabismus that they cannot appreciate the
fate which overwhelmed Sodom and Co.
morrah.